Seeing a single crow is very unlucky. Two crows mean good luck! Three means health, Four means wealth, Five is sickness & Six mean death! Reader Submitted If you see three black crows together that means someone in your family will die. I saw three when my sister died a while back. My [Continue]
In Taiwan, the color red means luck and happiness. For example, during the Chinese New Year period, we decorate everything in our house, using the red color. And, at a wedding, we also wear everything red. The bride needs to wear red shoes, and the bridegroom also needs to wear something red, such as a [Continue]
In Japan and Taiwan, there is a superstition that four is an unlucky number because the number four has the identical pronunciation as the word ‘death’, so most people tend to avoid it and most hotels don’t use the number four. Reference: http://www.topics-mag.com/internatl/superstitions/japan.htm Amazon.com Widgets [Continue]
What you do the first hour of the New Year will be what you do most of the year. Changing your undershirt or underwear on New Year’s Day can cause boils. It is believed that babies born on New Year are extremely fortunate and lucky. It is said that babies born on the first day [Continue]
Mistletoe should never be brought into the home before New Years Eve. It’s unlucky to take down mistletoe used as a Christmas decoration. Therefore, the dead piece of twig is supposed to stay there until next Christmas when it is replaced. When the old piece was taken down, it then had to be burnt by [Continue]
Dropping an umbrella on the floor means that there will be a murder in the house. It’s bad luck to open an umbrella indoors. [Continue]
It is bad luck to light three cigarettes with the same match. [Continue]
Ukrainians believe that if you whistle indoors you will bring bad luck to that place. A Russian superstition says you can’t whistle in the house or car, as they believe that you are whistling away your money. [Continue]
Ukranian: Breaking a dish is good luck. [Continue]
Ukrainian: Never buy an even number of flowers for someone unless it’s for their funeral. [Continue]